I love to wake up early morning
About five o’clock or even four
When there’s this surge of fresh excitement that runs through me
I just want to stretch the day and feel some more
A morning person, Oh not hardly
You see, I’ve never been this way
But that was then and now is now and I just cannot stay asleep
I want to greet each brand new day
Oh…look at what you’ve done to me, my friend
You’ve turned me all upside and down
I’m off to dreamland like a child by nine at night
And I’ve forgotten how to whine or even frown
That old grey crab tree in my back yard
All gnarled and twisted, seemed half dead
At times last year I thought, just put it out of misery
Never liked it much, so cut it down instead
But morning sun has caught it whole now
And framed it deftly in this light
And so much beauty in those buds that don its branches
In this early springtime air, O quite a sight
Oh…look at what you’ve done to me, my friend
You’ve turned me all upside and down
I’m off to dreamland like a child by nine at night
And I’ve forgotten how to whine or even frown
I love to wake up early morning
About five o’clock or even four
When there’s this surge of fresh excitement that runs through me
I just want to stretch the day and feel some more…